One day, President Joe Biden is pausing bomb shipments to Israel. Another day, he’s approving other arms deals. He’s threatening to cut off more shipments if Israel invades Rafah — but only those that are offensive in nature.
As tensions between the U.S. and Israel have risen over Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s conduct of the war in Gaza, Biden’s recent moves can be hard to follow.
Biden has tried to strike a difficult balance between staunch support of America’s closest ally in the Middle East while condemning Israel’s heaving bombing of civilians in Gaza. That tension spiked last week when the U.S. paused a shipment of heavy bombs to Israel, and then Biden threatened to withhold additional offensive aid if Israel launches a major operation in the southern Gaza city where more than a million people are sheltering.
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